Sofia Coppola's La Traviata opens at Rome opera house

Tickets for film director’s collaboration with designer Valentino have nearly sold out, giving troubled venue huge boostAn operatic collaboration between an American film-maker, an Italian haute couture king, and a British set designer will make its debut this weekend.Sofia Coppola’s La Traviata will open at the Opera of Rome on Sunday in a production featuring costumes made and designed by Valentino with backdrops created by Nathan Crowley, the set designer for the Batman films. Con